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Tax relief on donations, Gift Aid, payroll giving, leaving a gift in your will, keeping tax records; find a charity; donating land, property or shares

• Overview

  Donations by individuals to charity or to community amateur sports clubs…

• Gift Aid

  Donating through Gift Aid means charities and community amateur sports…

• Donating straight from your wages or pension

  If your employer, company or personal pension provider runs a Payroll…

• Donating land, property or shares

  You do not have to pay tax on land, property or shares you donate to…

• Leaving gifts to charity in your will

  Your will says what will happen to your money, property and possessions…

• Keeping records

  You need to keep records of donations if you want to claim tax back on…

Legal rules for trustees when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Register your decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register. This will give your loved ones the certainty they need to support your choice.

• Updated: 21 December 2017

What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim

How to claim Corporation Tax relief when your limited company donates money, land, property or shares to charity

• Updated: 9 December 2015

• Updated: 3 April 2023

Find how to claim top-up payments on small donations up to £30 if you’re a charity or community amateur sports club (CASC).

• Updated: 17 February 2020

Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.

• Updated: 22 November 2024

Find out about the types of fundraising donations that charities and community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) can and cannot claim Gift Aid on.

• Updated: 22 October 2019